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Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

DommeDamian — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 05:57:56 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 02/15/2025 10:57

cestuneblague wrote:

Marling's filthy mouth rises... into the next round

Child of Mine 11-1

yay

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

cestuneblague — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:58:17 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/14/2025 18:58

Marling's filthy mouth rises... into the next round

Child of Mine 11-1

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

cestuneblague — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:42:06 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/11/2025 23:42

BUMP

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LTSings — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:29:01 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/11/2025 19:29

Romanelli wrote:

Sorry. I feel this needs to be said.

It's okay. She dislikes most music that isn't about Jesus and finds much of what users here choose to listen to obscene and offensive. She'll remind you of that. A lot.

Don't like her voice? Fine.

But dismissing music because of a single word without even considering the context is sad. Especially since she's not using it as an insult to any person...she's using it positively to say that her life is great. So you dismiss a mother writing a song of love to her daughter because she says "bitchin'"... that's severe. And yeah. At least that song isn't yet another of the 8 million retreaded songs about Jesus. We get it. He had a famous dad and supposedly died for our sins. Cool. Now please write a song about something else. Anything else.

(THAT should offend you. Not Laura Marling saying that life is good.)

Quote:

Laura Marling said:

Last night in your sleep, you started crying
I can't protect you there, though I keep trying
Sometimes you'll go places I can't get to
But I've spoken to the angels who'll protect you

Because you're mine
They cast their golden light across this child

I'll take that over

Quote:

David Phelps said:

They laid His battered corpse
There on that borrowed stone-cold bed
And I'm the guard they chose
To make sure He stayed dead

.....All day. Every day.

You have a right to your likes and dislikes and your reasons for liking and disliking songs and so do I. The lyrics you quoted above from the David Phelps song are a necessary part of the story, and the ending would not be as happy without it. Words like the "B" word are never necessary in any song. Any songwriter can get their point across just fine without words like that. And I don't like that kind of language. It's an automatic turn off to me when I hear it in any song, or movie, or TV show, or see it in print in a book.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LTSings — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:23:02 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/11/2025 19:23

[quote="BorderFreeAndrew"

LTSings,
We get it that you like music that praises Jesus, and you don't like obscene lyrics. That's fine. But can you switch it up a little bit and suggest something with a different topic, and/or a different genre?[/quote]

This game was for the best songs of 2024, so I picked my four favorite songs of 2024. If the topic were something else, maybe I would pick something else.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

cestuneblague — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:49:04 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/11/2025 18:49

Don't know if I'm looking at a large patch of wool on the wall or a hornet's nest, but yeah my vote here is easy. The Phelps song is fine, but it would work a whole better if it embraced a rawer, live-feeling sound. Marling in my ears can do no wrong at this point, and this is one of the lovelier cuts off Patters in Repeat.

For the complaints about the lyrical content of this song, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised about the style of her previous album, Songs for our Daughter (though be forewarned, there are still some mildly naughty words).

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

BorderFreeAndrew — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:46:08 GMT

Author: BorderFreeAndrew

Posted: 02/11/2025 18:46

Romanelli,
I agree with you in preferring Laura Marling. I've been a Marling fan for years and I'm not feeling the Phelps song. But LTSings is still entitled to her opinion, right? And she said she didn't like Marling's voice, not just use of the b word. Personally, I like it when people with worldviews different from mine, and different from the critical consensus, are included and involved.

LTSings,
We get it that you like music that praises Jesus, and you don't like obscene lyrics. That's fine. But can you switch it up a little bit and suggest something with a different topic, and/or a different genre?

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

Romanelli — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:27:47 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 02/11/2025 17:27

Sorry. I feel this needs to be said.

It's okay. She dislikes most music that isn't about Jesus and finds much of what users here choose to listen to obscene and offensive. She'll remind you of that. A lot.

Don't like her voice? Fine.

But dismissing music because of a single word without even considering the context is sad. Especially since she's not using it as an insult to any person...she's using it positively to say that her life is great. So you dismiss a mother writing a song of love to her daughter because she says "bitchin'"... that's severe. And yeah. At least that song isn't yet another of the 8 million retreaded songs about Jesus. We get it. He had a famous dad and supposedly died for our sins. Cool. Now please write a song about something else. Anything else.

(THAT should offend you. Not Laura Marling saying that life is good.)

Quote:

Laura Marling said:

Quote:

David Phelps said:

They laid His battered corpse
There on that borrowed stone-cold bed
And I'm the guard they chose
To make sure He stayed dead

.....All day. Every day.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LTSings — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:33:41 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/11/2025 14:33

craola wrote:

did you listen to child of mine? i think you'd like it.

Yes. I did not care for the singer's voice, and I did not like that the "B" word was used.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

craola — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:36:26 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/11/2025 05:36

LTSings wrote:

I disagree, of course. The song is about the son of God rising from the dead. It should be very dramatic, as it is.

did you listen to child of mine? i think you'd like it.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LTSings — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:31:31 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/10/2025 12:31

travelful wrote:

Yeah easy vote for Laura Marling here, really like the song. Dead Man Rising is way too overproduced and over the top for what it is in my opinion.

I disagree, of course. The song is about the son of God rising from the dead. It should be very dramatic, as it is.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

craola — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:51:59 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/10/2025 11:51

i could see child of mine winning the whole tournament. it's such a strong song.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LedZep — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:46:10 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 02/10/2025 07:46

Patterns in Repeat is another Laura Marling masterpiece. Child of Mine is one of the highlights. It would take a lot to beat it, and Dead Man Rising just doesn't do it for me.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

travelful — Sun, 9 Feb 2025 10:32:23 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 02/09/2025 15:32

Yeah easy vote for Laura Marling here, really like the song. Dead Man Rising is way too overproduced and over the top for what it is in my opinion.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

LTSings — Sat, 8 Feb 2025 08:09:21 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 02/08/2025 13:09

"Dead Man Rising" blew me away the first time I heard it. David Phelps is one of the best vocalists in the business, but I haven't always loved his song choices. In fact, I don't like some of his songs at all and I think he wastes his talent on some of the songs he sings. But this one, I absolutely love.

Re: CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

DommeDamian — Sat, 8 Feb 2025 02:44:57 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 02/08/2025 07:44

Child of Mine blew me away first time I heard it. This song is less than a year old and I know it's a keeper.

CLOSED2024 BST: Child of Mine v Dead Man Rising

cestuneblague — Fri, 7 Feb 2025 17:05:27 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/07/2025 22:05

Laura Marling- Child of Mine

Link

Repping: London

Ponymaster: DommeDamian

V

David Phelps- Dead Man Rising

Link

Repping: Franklin, TN

Ponymaster: LT Sings